Hero-stone Memorials of India
Boat Heroes - Memorials Erected for Brave Seamen Panaji Museum in Goa | |
Depiction of a Battle Detail of a panel from a hero-stone, Hadolli | |
Detail from a Hero-stone A memorial stone showing a furiously fighting hero, Madhya Pradesh | |
Details from a Hero-stone | |
Hero and Sati A stone memorial remembers a hero died in battle and his wife who committed Sati with him. | |
Hero with a Gun Detail from a memorial in Pachmari | |
Heroes who die heroic death are sometimes immortalized as Garuda Town of Siddapur, 1983 | |
A Hero-stone depicting a battle | |
Herostone from Maragallu Vijayanagar Period, Kolar District | |
Hero-stones are llustrated Sources of History Notice that only two panels are visible. This is a buried hero-stone. The third panel depicting war is under the ground. | |
Jaina Nishidhi Stone Apprx. 11th century, Sravanabelagola | |
Mahasati Stone A memorial stone at Bhojpur, Central India | |
A Man Remembered Detail from a tribal memorial, Village of Jamnujari, Madhya Pradesh | |
A Memorial for a Family Member Notice the distinct Tulasi-like construction The Village of Chaterpur, 1977 | |
Nishidhi Stone of Machikabbe A memorial shows Machikabbe, the royal mother-in-law observing Sallekhana (fasting unto death) | |
Sculpted Hero-stone Fresh flowers indicate that the Hero-stone is still worshipped | |
Stories the Hero-stones Tell Lower panel of a hero-stone depicts the hero's fight with the enemy | |
Top Strata of a Hero-stone from Sangeetapura Also known as Haduvalli and Hadolli, this village has beautiful Jain sculptures | |
A Triangular Hero-stone | |
A Wooden Memorial of Madhya Pradesh A memorial with the hero's name and date of his death in Hindi |
See Also:
- Ordinary Heroes -- Memorials erected for brave men and women in a new research report.